The Mieroszewski Scholarship Programme “Research in Poland” provides financial support to foreigners engaged in scientific research activities related to the history, political situation, culture and heritage of the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe. Research activities in these areas are an important pillar of contemporary knowledge and cultural identity formation. Developing research in these areas…
We invite you to the webinar “Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region”. The webinar dedicated to Jewish resistance to the Holocaust as exemplified by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and various forms of Jewish resistance in the Vilnius region (Lithuania) will be held online on 29 March 2023,…
We invite you to attend a lecture ‘Modernism and the persistence of tradition’ by prof. Jay Winter. Jay Murray Winter is an outstanding American historian, professor of history at Yale University. The main subject of his research is World War I and its impact on the 20th century. The introductory speech will be given by…
Who was Krystyna Skarbek and why was she called Churchill’s favourite female secret agent? How was Enigma broken and how did the Poles manage to do something the English and French could not? We invite you to the event “Secret Agents and Secret Codes: The Polish Factor in WWII”! The event organised by Ognisko Polskie,…
We invite graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from all disciplines to submit proposals for papers regarding any aspect of totalitarianism, from a broad theoretical and historical perspective. The deadline for applications is 15.09.2022. The history of confronting totalitarianism, both as a personal and a collective experience, delivers a universal message in the face of contemporary challenges of radical political evil. Totalitarian regimes…
The Pilecki Institute invites school teachers and educators working at museums and memorial sites, as well as everyone working with young people in historical education, to an international congress devoted to the most important challenges in teaching 20th-century history. Teaching the dramatic history of the 20th century – both in school and out-of-school education – requires the transfer of…
